Publications

This 2012 advisory details the major legal and ethical obligations of local government councillors and election candidates. Fulfilling these obligations is essential to maintaining public confidence and acting in the public interest, and failure to do so may...

This advisory details the major legal and ethical obligations of Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and candidates in state government elections. Fulfilling these obligations is essential to maintaining public confidence and acting in the public...

Every three years the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) would survey a representative sample of Queenslanders to monitor changes in their attitudes to police, local councils and public service agencies. This was done to measure how well public sector...

This report summarises the CMC's key activities, achievements and performance for the financial year ending 30 June 2011.

The aim of of the CMC's 2011 review of the Prostitution Act 1999 was to update the picture of the prostitution environment in Queensland since the CMC's previous review in 2004. The CMC found that the situation has remained relatively stable, with the Act...

The CMC (and formerly the CJC) has conducted two reviews of police pursuits. In 2011, the CMC examined the use of the Evade police provisions which were introduced in 2006 to support the restrictive QPS pursuit policy. This report contains the CMC review of...

This report exposes the environment and attitudes that gave rise to police misconduct on the Gold Coast, drawing attention to the quality of supervision and the ability of local managers to recognise and deal with potential misconduct. This report provides an...

This letter is in response to the receipt on 7 January 2001 of the report by Deputy Commissioner Kathy Rynders (DC Rynders) in relation to proposed disciplinary proceedings against certain police officers [the Palm Island police investigation].

This report describes an investigation by the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) into a grant of $4.2 million to the Queensland Rugby Union in 2008.

Review of police move-on powers: A CMC review of their use - data report (21 December 2010) This data report is a companion document to the report Police move-on powers: a CMC review of their use (henceforth referred to as the ‘main report’). The data report...